[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 101 (Thursday, July 1, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H5327-H5330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RESTORATION OF EMERGENCY
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT OF 2010
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule XIX,
proceedings will resume on the bill (H.R. 5618) to continue Federal
unemployment programs.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
Motion to Recommit
Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
Mr. CAMP. I am, in its present form.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Camp moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 5618, to the
Committee on Ways and Means, with instructions to report the
same back to the House forthwith, with the following
amendment:
Redesignate section 6 as section 7 and insert after section
5 the following:
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SEC. 6. USE OF STIMULUS FUNDS TO OFFSET SPENDING.
The unobligated balance of each amount appropriated or made
available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 (Public Law 111-5) (other than under title X of division
A of such Act) is rescinded pro rata such that the aggregate
amount of such rescissions equals $34,000,000,000 in order to
offset the net increase in spending resulting from the
provisions of, and amendments made by, sections 2 and 3. The
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall report
to each congressional committee the amounts so rescinded
within the jurisdiction of such committee.
Mr. CAMP (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent
to dispense with the reading of the motion.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Michigan?
There was no objection.
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order on the gentleman's
motion.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved.
The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, this motion to recommit on H.R. 5618 has a
provision to pay for the extended unemployment benefits proposed in the
underlying bill. We think it is important to help long-term unemployed
people, and we want to do it without adding another $34 billion to the
Nation's record $13 trillion debt.
We know that the stimulus hasn't worked. In its wake, nearly 3
million private-sector jobs were lost, unemployed soared to 10 percent
nationwide, and 48 out of 50 States lost jobs. So this motion to
recommit pays for the $34 billion in Federal unemployment costs by
cutting that much in unspent stimulus spending.
Only a portion of the $1 trillion stimulus has been paid out, $414
billion as of June 18, as reported by the official Recovery Act Web
site. That leaves hundreds of billions of dollars unspent and available
to offset this bill.
I would like to quote from the Statement of Administration Policy
last November: ``Fiscal responsibility is central to the medium-term
recovery of the economy and the creation of jobs. The administration
therefore supports the fiscally responsible approach to expanding
unemployment benefits embodied in the bill.''
That statement was about the only one of the eight unemployment
benefits extender bills so far that was actually paid for. But the same
can and should be said about this motion. It is fiscally responsible,
and it is central to the recovery of our economy and job creation.
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I would also like to read a quote from Speaker Pelosi that appeared
in Congress Daily AM on Monday. She said, ``I am hard-put to pass any
more initiatives here unless there is some reasonable prospect of
success on the Senate side.'' Well, there isn't a reasonable prospect
of success on the Senate side unless we adopt this motion to recommit.
Just last night, the Senate rejected the unpaid-for version of this
bill. Rejecting this motion ensures this bill will die in the Senate
and that hundreds of thousands of unemployed Americans will continue to
go without their unemployment benefits.
I urge all Members to join me in supporting this motion to recommit,
which will help today's unemployed workers and improve the future for
our children and grandchildren by not adding to our debt.
With that, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to
recommit.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman continue to reserve a
point of order?
Mr. LEVIN. I continue to reserve.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) is
recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. LEVIN. I want to say briefly, we have already debated this issue.
This is not a germane amendment. Also what it is, is an effort to use
emergency funds targeted to create jobs to fund emergency unemployment
insurance. This is another excuse on the part of the minority that
won't work.
If we pass this, this bill will go over to the Senate. Hopefully, it
will be their first order of business when they return. Mr. Speaker,
1.7 million have already lost their unemployment insurance. It will be
over that by several hundred thousand when they return.
There's a reference here to jobs that are lost. I want to just
quickly repeat what was said during the debate. During the 8 years of
the Bush administration, there was a loss of 673,000 private sector
jobs. And in the first 5 months of this administration, there has been
a gain of 495,000 private sector jobs.
We're aware. Not enough has been done. But compared to the Bush
years, we have made some progress. And those who are still unemployed
should not suffer because of the indifference of the minority. That's
what this is all about.
Point of Order
Mr. LEVIN. I now insist on my point of order that the gentleman's
motion is not germane to this legislation.
Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker I would like to be heard on the point of order.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from
Michigan.
Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, at a time of record deficits, it should always
be germane to consider proposals to offset higher spending. And, in
light of the Senate already rejecting an unpaid-for version of this
bill just last night, I ask that the Speaker deny the point of order so
we can pay for this bill and ensure that unemployed Americans do not
continue to go without unemployment benefits.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan makes a point of
order that the instructions proposed in the motion to recommit offered
by the gentleman from Michigan are not germane.
One of the fundamental principles of germaneness is that an amendment
must confine itself to matters addressed by the bill, and to matters
that fall within the jurisdiction of the committees with jurisdiction
over the bill.
The bill, as amended, addresses the availability of certain benefits,
restrictions on those benefits, and budgetary issues related thereto.
Such subject matters do not fall within the jurisdiction of the
Committee on Appropriations.
The instructions proposed in the motion to recommit propose an
amendment to rescind various unobligated funds contained in a prior
appropriation Act. That subject matter falls within the jurisdiction of
the Committee on Appropriations.
By addressing a matter unrelated to the issues addressed in the bill,
and within the jurisdiction of a committee not represented in the bill,
the instructions propose an amendment that is not germane.
The point of order is sustained. The motion is not in order.
Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I appeal the ruling of the chair.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is, Shall the decision of the
Chair stand as the judgment of the House?
Motion to Table
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I move to table the appeal of the ruling of
the Chair.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule
XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by a 5-
minute vote on passage of the bill if arising without further
proceedings in recommittal.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 220,
noes 196, not voting 16, as follows:
[Roll No. 422]
AYES--220
Ackerman
Adler (NJ)
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boccieri
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Chu
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeGette
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Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Driehaus
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ellison
Ellsworth
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gonzalez
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Hall (NY)
Halvorson
Hare
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kilroy
Kind
Kissell
Klein (FL)
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney
Markey (MA)
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (NY)
Murphy, Patrick
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Perlmutter
Perriello
Peters
Peterson
Pingree (ME)
Polis (CO)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Ross
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schauer
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Teague
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wilson (OH)
Wu
Yarmuth
NOES--196
Aderholt
Akin
Altmire
Arcuri
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Barrett (SC)
Barton (TX)
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bright
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Cao
Carney
Carter
Cassidy
Castle
Chaffetz
Childers
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Connolly (VA)
Crenshaw
Culberson
Dahlkemper
Davis (KY)
DeFazio
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Djou
Donnelly (IN)
Dreier
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
Fallin
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Giffords
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Guthrie
Hall (TX)
Harper
Hastings (WA)
Heller
Hensarling
Herseth Sandlin
Hill
Himes
Hunter
Inglis
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan (OH)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Kline (MN)
Kosmas
Kratovil
Lamborn
Lance
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee (NY)
Lewis (CA)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Markey (CO)
Marshall
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McKeon
McMahon
McMorris Rodgers
Melancon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Minnick
Mitchell
Moran (KS)
Murphy, Tim
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nunes
Nye
Olson
Paul
Paulsen
Pence
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Posey
Price (GA)
Putnam
Rehberg
Reichert
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schmidt
Schock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Stearns
Sullivan
Tanner
Taylor
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walden
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--16
Alexander
Bartlett
Bishop (UT)
Capito
Gordon (TN)
Gutierrez
Herger
Hoekstra
Lewis (GA)
Miller, George
Payne
Radanovich
Rodriguez
Wamp
Woolsey
Young (AK)
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Serrano) (during the vote). There are 2
minutes remaining in this vote.
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Messrs. CARNEY, TIBERI, and RYAN of Wisconsin changed their vote from
``aye'' to ``no.''
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas and Messrs. EDWARDS of Texas and
RUPPERSBERGER changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated against:
Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 422 I was
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Recorded Vote
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 270,
noes 153, not voting 10, as follows:
[Roll No. 423]
AYES--270
Ackerman
Adler (NJ)
Altmire
Andrews
Arcuri
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boccieri
Bono Mack
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Cao
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castle
Castor (FL)
Chandler
Childers
Chu
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Critz
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Dahlkemper
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dent
Deutch
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Driehaus
Edwards (MD)
Edwards (TX)
Ehlers
Ellison
Ellsworth
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Foster
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Gerlach
Giffords
Gonzalez
Gordon (TN)
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Halvorson
Hare
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Heller
Herseth Sandlin
Higgins
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kilroy
Kind
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Kissell
Klein (FL)
Kosmas
Kratovil
Kucinich
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lujan
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney
Manzullo
Markey (MA)
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McMahon
McNerney
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy (NY)
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Tim
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perriello
Peters
Peterson
Petri
Pingree (ME)
Platts
Polis (CO)
Pomeroy
Posey
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reichert
Reyes
Richardson
Rogers (MI)
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schauer
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Tanner
Taylor
Teague
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Whitfield
Wilson (OH)
Wu
Yarmuth
Young (FL)
NOES--153
Aderholt
Akin
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Baird
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Berry
Biggert
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonner
Boozman
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Bright
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Carter
Cassidy
Chaffetz
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Cooper
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Djou
Dreier
Duncan
Emerson
Fallin
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gingrey (GA)
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Gohmert
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Griffith
Guthrie
Hall (TX)
Harper
Hastings (WA)
Hensarling
Herger
Hill
Hunter
Inglis
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson, Sam
Jordan (OH)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline (MN)
Lamborn
Lance
Latham
Latta
Lee (NY)
Lewis (CA)
Linder
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Marchant
Markey (CO)
Marshall
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris Rodgers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Minnick
Moran (KS)
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nunes
Nye
Olson
Paul
Paulsen
Pence
Pitts
Poe (TX)
Price (GA)
Putnam
Rehberg
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Roskam
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schmidt
Schock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stearns
Sullivan
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Walden
Westmoreland
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
NOT VOTING--10
Alexander
Bishop (UT)
Capito
Hoekstra
Payne
Radanovich
Rodriguez
Wamp
Woolsey
Young (AK)
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So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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